“16 Boxes”
The Story of Craig Coley and Mike Bender
Dennis Powers Productions has completed filming of this feature documentary, directed by Sam and Jack Powers, examining the events leading up to Craig Coley’s arrest in 1978 for a double homicide for which he was wrongfully convicted and sentenced for life. While imprisoned, the relationship Coley forged with Detective Mike Bender became, ultimately, instrumental in helping to exonerate Coley.
This documentary explores the ongoing investigation to find those responsible for the murder for which Coley was convicted, as well as the flawed California criminal justice system that led to his arrest, prosecution, and 39-year imprisonment. Coley was pardoned by Governor Jerry Brown in 2018.
“Heroic Voyage“
The Life of Sterling Hayden
A promotional video for presentation as a feature documentary highlighting the very complex and dramatic life of Sterling Hayden: Sailor; Author; Actor; War Hero and Father of six, as he moves through life as a “rebel and seeker, undefeated by his failure to find himself in love, adventure, alcohol and marijuana.”
“Ourselves in Pictures”
The Power and Influence of American Illustrators
Ourselves in Pictures is conceived as a new, six-part documentary series from Dennis Powers Productions, Red Dory Productions, Searchlight Films and Baker Street Entertainment.
The series will feature hour-long episodes utilizing archival film footage, stylized re-creations, on-camera interviews, and voice-over narration with illustrators, art historians, curators, sociologists, collectors, and newly-naturalized citizens who reveal the untold story of the artists and the art that made America, America.